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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Hello CAFR Contacts,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">SARS is pleased to announce that it is hosting a NASACT webinar titled “GAO’s New Green Book: A Revised Internal Control Framework for Government” on Wednesday, February 11,
from 11:00 am – 12:50 pm at the Mt. Mazama Room in DAS East. There is no cost to attend this webinar, and 2 hours of continuing professional education is available. To sign up to attend this webinar, please do so through
<a href="https://ilearn.oregon.gov/Default.aspx">iLearn</a>. Please note that the Mt. Mazama Room has a seating capacity of 60.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Here is an overview of the webinar:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#595959;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#595959;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">NASACT, in conjunction with the Association of Government
Accountants and the Association of Local Government Auditors, is pleased to announce the latest in its series of training events addressing timely issues in government auditing and financial management.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#595959;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#595959;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#595959;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#595959;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">GAO issued Standards for Internal Control in the Federal
Government: 2014 Revision, also known as the Green Book, on September 10, 2014. Internal control helps an entity run its operations efficiently and effectively, report reliable information about its operations, and comply with applicable laws and regulations.
These standards provide the overall framework for designing, implementing, and operating an effective internal control system.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#595959;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#595959;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#595959;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#595959;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">This new edition of the Green Book also has greater detail
and depth. While retaining the five components of internal control found in past editions, which apply to all organizational levels and to all categories of objectives, the 2014 version also presents 17 new principles that enumerate management responsibilities
in implementing and overseeing an effective internal control system. GAO has adopted the key concepts from the 2013 Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) Internal Control – Integrated Framework, and adapted them for a government
environment.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#595959;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#595959;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#595959;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#595959;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">State, local, and quasi-governmental entities, as well as
not-for-profit organizations, may adopt the new Green Book standards as a framework for an internal control system. In fact, one state, Minnesota, has embraced the new Green Book standards and is in the process of transitioning away from the COSO framework.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#595959;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#595959;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#595959;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#595959;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">This webinar will highlight the final provisions of the new
Green Book, including a discussion of the impact of the most significant changes. Representatives from Minnesota will explain their state’s journey to establish strong internal controls and why they are planning to shift from COSO to the Green Book as the
executive branch’s internal control standard. Views will be provided from both management and the independent legislative auditor.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#595959;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#595959;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#595959;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#595959;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Join Jim Dalkin, Director, Financial Management and Assurance
Team, Government Accountability Office; Cecile M. Ferkul, Deputy Legislative Auditor (MN); and Jeanine Kuwik, Director, Internal Control and Accountability, Office of Management and Budget (MN) for this informative two-hour training session.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#595959;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#595959;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">You will also be given an opportunity to ask questions and share experiences during the
last 25 minutes of the webinar. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<h1 style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#C00C0C">AGENDA (All times Eastern)<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#60605B">2:00 – 2:05 p.m. – Opening Remarks<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#60605B"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#60605B">Kinney Poynter, Executive Director, NASACT<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#60605B">2:05 – 2:40 p.m. – Green Book’s New Provisions<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#60605B"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#595959;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#595959;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#595959;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#595959;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Jim Dalkin, Director, Financial Management and Assurance Team, Government Accountability
Office<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#60605B"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#60605B">2:40 – 3:20 p.m. – Minnesota Case Study – Implementing the new Green Book<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#60605B">Cecile M. Ferkul, Deputy Legislative Auditor (MN)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#60605B">Jeanine Kuwik, Director, Internal Control and Accountability, Office of Management and Budget (MN)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#60605B"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#60605B">3:20 – 3:45 p.m. – Live Q&A<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#60605B"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#60605B">Moderated by Kinney Poynter<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#60605B"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#60605B">3:45 – 3:50 p.m. – Wrap Up<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#60605B"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#60605B">Kinney Poynter<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#60605B"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Rob</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#353535">Robert W. Hamilton, CPA<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#353535">Statewide Accounting and Reporting Services Manager</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#353535"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#353535">Chief Financial Office</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#353535">Department of Administrative Services</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Phone: (503) 373-0299<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="http://oregon.gov/DAS/SCD/SARS"><span style="color:blue">http://oregon.gov/DAS/CFO/SARS</span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#353535">Data Classification: Level 1 - Published</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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